Dishwashing device



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Patented Sept. 15, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i z msnwAsmNG DEVICEHarry Taylor. Springfield, Mass; Application July 24, 1934, Serial No.7363633 6 Claims. (01-29944) This invention relates to devices for usein washing dishes and the like and has for its principalobject theprovision. of a device of this character which is readily attachable toa Water faucet and which will operate to supply clear or soapy water atthe will of the operator, the change from oneto the other beingaccomplished easily and quickly by' a simple manipulation of a readilyaccessible member and without the necessity of handling any portion-ofthe device which has become heated by contact with hot water. Other, and.further advantages such, as economies in operation and constructionwill beapparentirom the following specification and claims. 4 l

In the. accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 isa side view, partly in section of one embodiment of theinvention;

Fig. 2is an end view of the device shown in .20 Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is .a detail plan view of the valve elementcontrolling the soapsupply; and

Fig. 4 is aside viewof a modified .form of the structure shown ,inFig.1.

l0 indicates the outer casingof the device which includes anupper-portion ll forming .a chamberto which both the water and soapsupplies open, as later described, and a lower constricted portion-l2.30 provided at its-end with a plurality ofopenings I 3 forming aspraynozzle.

' The'edge of the casing is provided with an annular rim memberI4-interiorly threaded at .I5 to-receive the cap or. closure member IS,the

.35 member M beingpreferably knurled on its outer surface as indicatedat I! tov facilitate. disassembly of the parts. A gasket!) renders theclosure fluid tight. v

The closurememb er I6 :is provided with a cen- 40 tral opening l8through which the water discharge pipeor nozzle 19 is inserted. NozzleI9 is provided at its outer end with corrugations 20 for theattachmento-f a flexible hose 2| and is threaded at22 to receive aclamping nut 23. A

45 hollow handle 24 is telescoped over the nozzle and the adjacentportion of the hose, andis held clamped between a flange 25 formed onthe nozzle and the face of the closure 16 by the nut -23, as will beclear from Fig. l.

50 Asoap receptacle 26 is positioned in the casing 10 and is'secured tothe inner Walls, of the casing in spaced relation thereto by webs 21.The upper end-of the soap receptacle opens into the'chamber portion Hand iS-"DITOVidGd with a 55 vmovable closure which, in :the formillustrated,

comprises a plate 28 provided. with notches 29 spaced around its'periphery. The notches 29 engage reduced portions 30 of pins.3l securedat theirupperends in closure [6 and provided at theirlower ends withbeads 32. The length 55 of pins 3!. and of the reduced portion 30 issuch that the plate 28 may engage the top-of, the soap. receptacle to.completely close. the said receptacleasshown inffull lines invFig. .1,or it can be raised todotted line position, as shown {10 in thesamefigure. The shou1ders33 formed at thelju'nction of reduced portions30and the body ofthe pins limit the upward or opening move: ment of theplate 28. The plate 28 is provided with a central-opening 15 coaxialwith the waterdischarge pipe 19 and the soap. receptacle 26, and isslightly largerin diameter than theinner diameter of thewater dischargepipe. Z

The opening 35 isadapted to.be, opened or 20 closed from the outside of.the .casing and for that purpose a gate or valvemember 31 is pivoted'to.the plate 28 to be swung either overthe opening. .35- tolclose. thelatter; as shown in, full line in Figs. 1 and 3, or. to one. side asshownin 25 dotted line in Fig. 3. Pins 3,8 areprovided to limit the.opening and closing movements of the gate. The gate is secured to acylindrical pivot member 39 pivoted to the plateat 4.0, whichIcylindrical member, is provided "with an up- {30 wardly openingboreslidably engaging the inner end of a lever ll which extends throughthe clo- "sure l6 and is .formed witha milled handle 42 on its outerend. Pins lit-projecting sidewise from the lower end of lever Al engagein. slots 44 5 formed in the walls of member 39 so that retation, ofthe'handle 42 will swing gate 3 l to and from closing position in allpositions of the plate. The lever 4| passesthrough the closure I6 by Wayof a stufling box 45 to prevent leakage. .40

The upper end of tubing 2| is provided with any-suitable coupling member.46 by which the device is connected to a faucet indicated in:dottedlines I at 41. e

. The operation ofthedevice is as follows. As- .45

:suming the parts tobe in the position shown in full line in thefigures, that is with opening 35 closed bygate 31-, water admitted.through nozzle [9 strikes the :gate 31 and by its force holds plate "28against the open end of the soap recep- 59 .tacle, .thus holding thelatter closed. The water passingbetween the walls of the casing l0 andreceptacle 2B is discharged without admixture of soap through the spraynozzle openings 7 I3.

When gate 3lis swung toopen position b y turnsing handle 42, the waterdischarged through pipe I9 passes directly through opening 35' into thesoap chamber in which a cake of soap has been placed. Since opening 35has been made slightly larger than the pipe opening, the stream passesthrough without exerting any substantial pressure on the outer side ofthe plate. The pressure of the water within the soap chamber actingagainst the under side of the plate acts to lift the plate toapproximately the dotted line position in Fig. 1 and the soap ladenwater escapes to chamber ll around'the edges of the plate and isdischarged as before, through nozzle openings l3. s F

It will be understood that various changes in structure may be made inthe manner of pivoting the gate 31 or in mounting member 28 formovementrelative to the soap container, without departing from the scope ofmyinvention. I fur-.

, through a pipe 50, opening through closure I6 from chamber H, to theflexible hose or pipe 5| which is provided at its end with a suitablespray nozzle 52. The nozzle 52is preferably provided with a handle 53which may be. similar in all re- .spects to handle 24. p It will be seenthat with the device of this invention, clear or soapy water may bedischarged from the device and that ,in changing from one to the other,or in otherwise manipulating the device, the hand of the operator neednot come in contact with parts that have. become dangerously orunpleasantly heated from contact with hot water. Also, the utilizationof thewater pressure as the means for opening and closing the soapreceptacle results in ease of operation, simplicity'of the parts, andpositive action. f, What I claim is: j i :1.,A devicefor dissolvingsoluble'materials in fluids which comprises a casing forming achamber;'a fluid inlet to, said chamber, afluid outlet from saidchamber, a receptacle for thesoluble material opening to said chamber, aclosure meniber for said receptacle positioned in the path of theincoming fluid and mounted'for movement towardand from the receptacletoj'respectively close and open the latter, an opening in said closuremember so positioned that incoming fluidmay directly enter thereceptacle through said opening in sufficient quantity to createpressure therein 'to hold the closure memberin open position, valvemeans for closing said opening whereby the incoming fluid presses theclosure member into closed position, and means to, actuate the valvemeans. i

2.'A device for Washing dishes and the like which comprises a casingforming a chamber, a

vWater inlet to said chamber and a plurality of spray forming wateroutlets from said chamber,

a soap receptacle opening to said chamber, a closure member for saidreceptacle positioned in the path of the incoming water and mounted formovement toward and from the receptacle to re- {spectively close andopen the latter, an opening in said closure member so positioned thatwater may directly enter-the receptacle through said open- 'ing insufiicient quantity to. create pressure within the inlet opening, saidreceptacle being spaced from the walls of the chamber to permit thepassage of water from the inlet endof the chamber to the outlet end, aplate-like closure member for the open end of the soap receptacle,mounted for a limited bodily movement toward and from the receptacle; anopening foiiried in said closure member in line with the flow of waterfrom said inlet to permit a substantially unobstructed flow of waterdirectly from the inlet 'in't of the 'soap receptacle, the waterpressure thus established within the receptacle acting to move theclosure away from the receptacle and permit escape of the water to thechamber at the edges of the clbsure, a gate member'pivoted to theclosure merit ber adapted to close theopening inthe closure memberwhereby, the pressure of the entering Water maintains the closure memberagainst the open end of the receptacle to close the latter, and meansoperable from the outside-of the casing to actuate the gate member.

4. A device for washing dishes and the like which comprises a casingforming a chamber, a water inlet to said chamber, a plurality of sprayforming water outlets from saidchamber, a soap receptacle opening tosaid chamber, a closure member mounted for movement toward and from thereceptacle to respectively close and open the latter, an opening formedin said closure in line with the flow of Water from said inlet to permitsubstantially unobstructed entrance of the water to the receptacle, thewater pressure thus established within the receptacle acting to move theclosure away from the receptacle and permit escape of the water to thechamber at the edges of the closure, and means operable from the outsideof the casing to close said opening in the closure whereby the pressureof the entering water maintains said closure in closed position.

5. A device for washing dishes and the like which comprises a generallycylindrical casing,

an open ended soap receptacle positioned within through the top of thecasing opposite the open end of the soap receptacle, a fiat closuremember for said receptacle, a plurality of pins by which 'of'sprayforming openings, a water inlet opening 1 said member is mounted formovement toward and from the receptacle, an opening formed in saidmember in line with the flow of water from said inlet to permitsubstantially unobstructed how of water across the chamber portion ofthe casing into the soap receptacle, the water pressure thus establishedwithin the'receptacle' acting to move the closure member away from thereceptacle and permit escape of the water to the chamber portion at theedges of said member, and a gate member pivoted to the closure memberand movable from the outside of the casing, adapted to close'the openingin the disc, whereby the pressure of the entering water maintains saiddisc in receptacle closing position.

6. A device for washing dishes and the like which comprises a casingforming a chamber, a soap receptacle opening through one wall of thecasing, a water inlet opening through the opposite wall of the casing, afiat closure member for said receptacle, a. plurality of pins upon whichsaid closure member is mounted for movement toward and from thereceptacle, an opening formed in said closure member in line with theflow of water from said inlet to permit substantially unobstructed flowof water across the chamber into the soap receptacle, the water pressurethus established within the receptacle acting to move the closure memberaway from the receptacle and permit escape of the ,water to the chamberat the edges of the closure member, a gate member pivoted to the closuremember and movable from the outside of the casing adapted to close theopening in the closure member whereby the pres-' sure of the enteringwater maintains said closure member in receptacle closing position, anda water 10 outlet opening from the chamber.

HARRY TAYLOR.

